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An Abysmal Disjointed Mess of a Beloved Classic
I am still in utter disbelief of what I just watched on screen for this beloved classic. The movie was a complete disjointed mess. If you are familiar w/ the story and other adaptions you will be incredibly disappointed, bored and even frustratingly annoyed. If you are not familiar with this story you will be utterly lost and confused. For a 2 hour movie, I skipped thru a lot. It was so boring an unengaging.
THE GOOD (its hard to even pull out anything good)
- The they kept the iconic theme song from the 1980s adaption
- Hua Jun (Mongolian Princess) this was a more complex, strong, interesting version of this character compared to previous adaptations of her being a whiny wimp
THE BAD (soooo many to list)
- Storyline and pacing was so rushed and disjointed. Left so many plot holes as to why certain characters are important or related.
- Zero character development, resulting in lack of emotional connection to any one character, even the main lead couple.
- Both ML and FL were utterly miscast. Zero chemistry. Neither one of them could truly portray the iconic characters of the slow-witted, adorable, loyal and freakishly strong Guo Jin or the cute, charismatic, cunning and witty Huang Rong.
- They just boiled it down to Ouyang Feng (West Poison) being the lead antagonist, whereas other adaptions had so many nuanced antagonists. And they made Ouyang Feng out to be some odd comic book character - his look, his acting, etc.
Overall an atrocious adaptation of a beloved class. What a complete waste of time.
THE GOOD (its hard to even pull out anything good)
- The they kept the iconic theme song from the 1980s adaption
- Hua Jun (Mongolian Princess) this was a more complex, strong, interesting version of this character compared to previous adaptations of her being a whiny wimp
THE BAD (soooo many to list)
- Storyline and pacing was so rushed and disjointed. Left so many plot holes as to why certain characters are important or related.
- Zero character development, resulting in lack of emotional connection to any one character, even the main lead couple.
- Both ML and FL were utterly miscast. Zero chemistry. Neither one of them could truly portray the iconic characters of the slow-witted, adorable, loyal and freakishly strong Guo Jin or the cute, charismatic, cunning and witty Huang Rong.
- They just boiled it down to Ouyang Feng (West Poison) being the lead antagonist, whereas other adaptions had so many nuanced antagonists. And they made Ouyang Feng out to be some odd comic book character - his look, his acting, etc.
Overall an atrocious adaptation of a beloved class. What a complete waste of time.
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